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(Photo Courtesy of Redlands Daily Facts )
The Environmental Systems Research Institute comprises thousands of GIS professionals, staff and partners in many locations around the world. Schools in those same locations often suffer the problems of schools everywhere: resource shortages, poor access to technology, and declining support for geography education. The ESRI local schools program is a volunteer support program that combines the GIS & schools expertise of the ESRI Education Program with the grants and citizen science support of the ESRI Conservation Program. This program will facilitate technology grants to schools local to ESRI offices, help set up after-school programs such as GIS clubs, and help support geography and technology education in local schools.
For more information, contact the ESRI Local Schools program coordinator Rania Hamdy (Also ESRI's GIS Day Coordinator) at rhamdy at esri dot com
NEWS:
June 2010: Orange County Girl Scout Council receives 10 laptops to set up a field mapping program at their 2010 summer camp and help establish a new GIS merit badge this summer
May 2010: Geomentor R. J. Sunderman teaches about census mapping to 40 3d-5th graders at Judson/Brown Elementary
Apr 2010: Citrus Valley High School implements new GIS-enabled curriculum for 9th grade students
Jan 2010: 50 Laptop computers donated to Cope Middle School in recognition of their conservation leadership in planting trees and student gardens. Computers will outfit a dedicated science lab and a few new classroom mini-labs for special student projects including Geography and Environment.
School Participants:
Grove School,Redlands CA: Technology, Student Projects, GIS Speakers
Cope Middle School, Redlands CA: Technology
Citrus Valley High School, Redlands, CA: GIS Curriculum Development & GIS Certificate Programs
University of Redlands, CA: GIS Certificate Program
Waterville School, Waterville, WA Technology
GIS in Schools Resources
Citizen Science Resources
_ESRI Software Grant Application Form:
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